Wednesday Oct 29
Not a good
morning...rainy and foggy, and we had to lift the mast again. It was set on the
step crooked and jammed we couldn’t straighten it without lifting it again. Of
course, this is just another crisis, in my world view. I had visions of it
snapping off and tumbling into the river; or getting tangled in the rigging of
the mast hoist and dropping on the deck...you get the picture.
[Sidebar:
There was a story I read in about Grade 5 of a man who found his wife in the
root cellar crying because there was an axe in the ceiling and she imagined it
falling onto the head of their little boy/girl coming in to get vegetables. The
man pulled down the axe and then went off to see if there was anyone in the
world more stupid than his wife ...not so worried about political correctness in
those days. Point being...I identified strongly with that woman and still do,
only now I am smart enough to pull the axe while I consider the scenarios.
AND
I pointed out yesterday that the mast was crooked but what do I know...after
all, I am just a girl!]
We got it fixed
this morning by noon and we are going to spend another day here while we adjust
the rigging, set the sails and do some maintenance. It’s going to rain a day
and as long as we are closer to New York by Saturday we probably won’t get the
snow on us.
I already did the
laundry and we can have showers here and use the clubhouse. The people here are
very friendly and as helpful as their insurance company will allow.
However, [back to
the mast issue] this is not an easy mast to put up/take down. Next time we are
going to HIRE people to help/do it or it is NOT coming down. That means of
course, we leave it south and come home for visits without the boat and just
stay with people. Clean out your spares rooms... you know who you are! No rush...not
‘til next summer.
A tug came up river
this morning pushing a great barge of scrap metal this morning as a sailboat was
coming down. We thought he was coming to the dock but he crossed right in front
of the barge and the captain was hollering at him through the loudspeaker about
what a stupid move that was, and he better “smarten up!” We were on the dock watching and the sailboat
just sped on past. Maybe too embarrassed to stop here! A HUGE ocean cargo ship
the Medi Bangkok D’Amico came up river
this morning. We also had to wait for his wake to settle before we could finish
hoisting the mast.
So I wasn’t going
to say anything but I think I broke or dislocated my finger a week or so ago. It
was one of those frantic into-the-lock-grab-the-line-stop-the-boat things where
I couldn’t hold the hanging line and it got tangled around a fender line and
our dock line and my fingers just happened to be the middle of all that. It was
the middle finger on my right hand so I couldn’t use it for gesturing for
awhile because it was sort of bent, twisted and bruised. I have been slathering on the Aches and Pains ointment
and the swelling has gone down a bit. I can bend it now but it still hurts. It’s
the only part of my body that likes the cold! Not whining, jut sayin’...
Rick is out in the
rain trying to hank on the sails so I guess I should help. I’m already soaking
wet from standing under the mast hoist, and it’s not cold yet. It was supposed
to stop at noon. I guess not here.
It was late in the
day by the time we got everything put away. Tomorrow I will do the last of the laundry
[all our wet clothes from today] and then we’ll take off. We are watching that
big storm rolling around the east coast and we should be down in New York by
the time its moved northeast out of the way.
Another sailboat
stopped here to get his mast put up. It’s a 40 foot Catalina registered in Edmonton!!
They crossed Lake Ontario from Kingston on the 24th and said it was
a great crossing. Sure.
So we’re going to
climb into bed and get warm, It was so dull I only took 2 pictures today.
Tomorrow we’ll take a pic of the boat back together.
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| Boat was soooo big... |
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| I had to take two pictures |
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